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Historical Event on 8/7/1986

Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
4/21/1995Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
7/16/1981India performs nuclear Test.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
12/15/1943The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong.
2/18/1946Cabinet Mission in India.